The Labor enquirer., 1887-01-01
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spresd fAf and wide thls ~ EaeliSA
Ansrchists intended 10 ~ ! pu6lIe
I nesting IN supp,yt Of The Chicago An,
|Ischists, on November -. ThS Gsrmaa
Communist club, Of ~ Tcttsaaam seresl,
tw., very sensronslv allowed us the ussN
Foftheir kree hall for, the occasion.
| Wehad crowded meeting Of The most
enthusiastic description. many eagerly
listening on the stA,rs. q well q many
others being unable 70 gain admission
At all. rhs chairman. Thos. Shore. made
some very telling and pertinent remarks
3on the Contemplated judicial murder Of
THE innocent men waiting exscas:sn 10
Chicago. He also read sympsi hstIc let
ters. from the Hon. Auberon Herbert.
Walter Crane. the eminent artist, and
Bsnismin Ellis. Aubsfon Hsrssh was
somewhst uninformed asts the facts OF
the Chicago case. but was Against hang.
ing ANYBODY. Walter CrsnsS letter was
received with much enthusIesm. IL
contents were = follows. tTs the
g .sirmsn. Eir.-I should like 70 say
that I am glad 10 80 ! public protest 10
to be made against ne proposed legal
murder Of these devoted champ pf
labor sad FREQ speech. II labor V noA
free to contend for. and 70 ssssst ~
rights, IL las no rights worth speaking
Of. Ifspeech l. free. subIscs ~ The sp-
proval Of class prJndice. there 10 no ftss-
dom Of speech. II death is 70 " The
penalty for asserting thsss rights. soI
vital to humanity. whore 10 polllical
freedomf There seems great danger Of
the scandal that 'ffee democratic Amer.
lea in her commercial alarm st the
spread Of Socialism, and her efforts 70
crush Il, is anxious 10 emulate the actien
Of the worst dsspotisms ofthe old world.
I cannot help writing thsse fsw words ID
support Of your protest. since am not
able 10 attend the meeting" NJ
Mr.. B. Ellis. secretary Of the Peckham
end Dulwich Radical club. wrots ~ fol-
lows: II regret that previous engage.
ment prevents me attending your msst,
Ing. I have tried to get released lFom
the engagement but cannot ~
thoughts and feeling will bs sallG(lR.
with you and Join 10 hoping that - VI.
rlble Q calsmatv will be avertsd."
James Blackwell (social Democratic
Federstion) proposed the resolution
"That this meeting indignantly de-.
nounces the infamous and unparalleled
action Of the police authorities Of chi.
csvo, who have admitted that they
suppressed the evidence. Of the limo.
cence Of the Anarchists condemned. 10
death In that city. We furthermore
condemn, In the strongest possible man.
ner, the sentence II death passed upon
them without any show Of evidence Of
their guilt. at the same time protest
against the significant psrtialitv shown
throughout the trial by Judge Gary
against the Anarchists, especially 20 In
his arbitrary refusal 10 allow q fairer
trial through which the condemned
affirm their ability TO incontestablv
prove their innocence before, jury
neither packed nor 'bribed. -" He dc.
tailed. in an able speech, some OF the
facts of the Chicago case, facts war.
ranted by ex periehce, he being At Chi.
cago at the very time the bomb was
thrown. He said the condemned An
archists were absolutely innocent Of
the oHelse which they we're to be
hanged for, but he said they were con.
victed because they we're the finest
labor orators In the United States.
James Harragan seconded the resoiu.
ton, and said that although he did %.
it was not because he believed that any
government would listen t, the voice Of
reason and justice. It VA merely .
question OF force. The capitalists, Gov.
srdly ours. were compelled 70 screen
themselves behind tho soldiers and po-
lice In order 70 thisve the products Of
industry. Those who thoug { they could
! eject moral force" Revolution we're
stark-born idiots and Idle drsamsrs.
He was wide awake Anarchist. He
was awake when the landlord called. q
the beginning Of the week 10 extort
bIuckmsil in the name Of rent, and he
was mot asleep whom his exploltsf gsvs
him about one third Of his earnings u
the end Of the week. He only submitted
10 this abominable state Of thing under
rotsst. which he hoped would not b
continued much longer. i b.
Charles Murray supported the rs.olu-
tion In . very earnest manner and
pointed out that . similar thing - the
Chicago police brutality occurred In
London some years ago, within his rscol-
lection. An officious police ssresant
violently attacked an otherwise psscsa.
bic meeting causing the death Of harm
lees and innocent persons. whsrsupoa,
one Of them msds corpse Of The scoun.
drel without mush ceremony. The cor.
oper said the police had acted wrongly.
and the man got o6 clear. y